I lost my vegetative state, and I became the richest man in the world

Chapter 211 Yang Ming Wants It All! 8000 pieces of calligraphy and painting were bought for 4 yuan! !
Yang Ming was pleasantly surprised in his heart, but he didn't show it.

From Director Chen's point of view, Yang Ming's status is unusual, so what if he gave Yang Ming some paintings?

Yang Ming said, "Curator Chen, I want them all."

Want all of them?
Not only Director Chen, but also the staff of the foreign guest service department, even Lin Xiuzhi, A Zhu, Zhong Chuhong and others thought they heard it wrong.

Yang Ming wants them all?
"Mr. Yang, you said, you want them all?"

Curator Chen and others know that Yang Ming is a rich man from Xiangjiang, and he has plenty of money.

There are so many calligraphy and paintings here, even if it is only a few yuan per square foot, it will cost a lot of money.

"Yes, I want them all."

This time.

Curator Chen was pleasantly surprised, and the staff were even more surprised.

Usually it is very difficult for them to sell one piece of work to foreign guests, but now Mr. Yang wants all of them.

"Mr. Yang, don't you think clearly?" Mr. Shen next to him reminded.

Many of the artists who created these calligraphy and paintings are still alive. As long as they are still alive, they can continue to paint continuously, and continue to paint, which means that rare things are not expensive.

In this case, what is the point of Mr. Yang buying so many of these paintings?
"Mr. Shen, I want all of them, as a support for these domestic painters."

Curator Chen and others were pleasantly surprised.

They originally thought that Mr. Yang was a rich man who came back from Xiangjiang, and this time he was arranged to visit the National Museum of History, and they also arranged according to the above requirements.

Now it's a big deal.

How many such paintings there are here, the Foreign Guest Service Department needs to make a clear count.

"Mr. Yang, we have a lot of calligraphy and painting here, and it takes time to count."

"Okay, when you finish counting, give me a number then."

Yang Ming didn't stay any longer.

When Yang Ming, Mr. Shen, Lin Xiuzhi, Ah Zhu, Zhong Chuhong and others went out, curator Chen and others personally sent Yang Ming and others out.

Seeing Mr. Yang and others board the Hongqi limousine, Director Chen was so excited.

They are also entrusted by those painters or their families to sell these calligraphy and paintings, and they get a certain share from them.

While in the car, Mr. Shen looked at Yang Ming and asked, "Mr. Yang, do you know the current domestic prices?"

Domestic prices?

Yang Ming was not quite sure.

However, he knew that there should be an approximate range.

Now the monthly salary of most people in China, like those employees of state-owned enterprises with iron rice bowls, is fixed according to their grades, and the salary is mostly tens of yuan a month.

These tens of dollars are still needed to feed the whole family.

The prices are too high, how can ordinary people afford to support themselves and their families?

Mr. Shen's status is not low, and his income is not bad.

However, every time he goes home, he often hears family members complaining that their income is not enough for the family's expenses.

Over time, he would also ask his family about the prices in the market outside.

Eggs are 0.48 yuan per catty, pork is 0.78 yuan per catty, rice is 0.23 yuan per catty, white flour is 0.18 yuan per catty, coarse grains are 0.1 yuan per catty, vegetables are between 0.05 and 0.2 yuan per catty, and all kinds of fruits will not exceed 1 yuan per catty , 0.05 to 0.1 yuan for watching movies.

In addition to these, you need meat tickets to buy meat, food tickets to buy rice and flour, cloth tickets to buy cloth, and so on.

Under the background of this era of planned economy, the current domestic income and prices are like this.

After all the calculations, in Mr. Shen's opinion, the prices of the calligraphy and paintings in the foreign guest service department are really not low.

Those painters or their family members took these paintings there and let the National History Museum sell them to foreign guests who visited, so as to subsidize their families and improve their living conditions.

Mr. Shen knows that Mr. Yang of the Imperial Group can spend billions to buy Wharf and Hutchison Whampoa, and even spend more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars to swallow Jardine Land.

This is a once-in-a-hundred-year-old super rich, especially rich people, and now they spend that money to buy those calligraphy and paintings, even if they are used for playing, it is nothing.

However, he felt that Mr. Yang should not feel that he was cheated by the foreign guest service department, and he would have a bad impression on the country.

Yang Ming was pleasantly surprised.

Mr. Shen was worried that Yang Ming spent so much money on those paintings.

Back to Yanjing Hotel by car.

At Yanjing Hotel, Mr. Shen accompanied Yang Ming, Ah Zhu and others to have lunch.

Today is the second day of the National Day, and many guests who were invited back to participate in the National Day ceremony have left Yanjing.

The more than 800 overseas representatives who were invited back this time basically left Yanjing by plane or train today.

In other words, Yang Ming is still here now.

Yang Ming finished his lunch.

Return to your luxury suite to rest.

Yang Ming didn't expect that for him to visit the National Museum of History and buy so many famous paintings at one time, it was really a windfall for him.

As far as these calligraphy and paintings are concerned, after three or forty years, a single painting should be able to support a person.

in the afternoon.

According to the itinerary schedule, Yang Ming didn't go out to visit again, and stayed in the luxury suite of Yanjing Hotel to rest.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

When Yang Ming went to open the door, he found that it was Mr. Huo Yingdong.

Yang Ming thought that Huo Yingdong had already left Yanjing.

"Mr. Huo, I thought you went back to Xiangjiang?"

"No, I'm going to take the train to go south to Guangdong Province. Besides, Hu Yingxiang will take the train to go south with me."

Hu Yingxiang?
Yesterday, Yang Ming met Hu Yingxiang, and Hu Yingxiang and his wife also came to visit him in person.

Hu Yingxiang's hometown is Hua County, which is also a Huacheng District below Yangcheng.

Historically, Hu Yingxiang was the first to make large-scale investments in Guangdong Province.

Humen Bridge, China Hotel in Yangcheng, the expressway from Yangcheng to Pengcheng, Shatoujiao Power Station in Pengcheng, etc., were all invested by Hu Yingxiang the first time.

In addition to being very patriotic towards the country, Hu Yingxiang has always wanted to improve the domestic situation.

As a result, Hu Ying invested earlier in history than Li Jiacheng and other rich people in Hong Kong.

This time, Yang Ming guessed that Hu Yingxiang and Huo Yingdong should go south to Yangcheng to investigate the situation in Yangcheng and start investing.

"Mr. Huo, I haven't been to the Great Wall yet, and it may be a few days before I return to Xiangjiang."

Yang Ming and Huo Yingdong finished talking.

After Huo Yingdong left.

The foreign guests department of the National History Museum confirmed that Mr. Yang wanted to buy all those calligraphy and paintings.

The staff of the Foreign Affairs Department started to make statistics, and many people started to calculate the prices of those calligraphy and paintings with their abacus.

Most of them were sent by the painters or their family members to the foreign guest waiters for sale, and they still had to figure it out.

In the end, it can be confirmed that there are nearly 8000 pieces of these calligraphy and paintings, which is about 4 RMB, which is 5 yuan per piece.

Now the domestic RMB exchange rate and foreign countries are not fixed.

There is not much foreign exchange in the country (in 1978, the domestic foreign exchange reserves were only 1.67 million US dollars), and the exchange rate between the domestic RMB and foreign exchange is mandatory, not the real exchange rate.

The RMB/HKD exchange rate of 50:42.7 established in the 100s lasted for many years.

Later, the RMB gradually appreciated.

In the mid-to-late 70s, the exchange rate between RMB and Hong Kong dollar once soared to 20:100.

The Hong Kong dollar is becoming less and less valuable. At that time, the overseas Chinese who relied on Xiangjiang to send money back to live were very worried about this.

From the perspective of curator Chen and others, the price of the calligraphy and painting is really not cheap.

Curator Chen personally came to Yanjing Hotel to meet Yang Ming.

"Mr. Yang, after the statistics of our staff in the afternoon and most of the night, we have already figured out that there are nearly 8000 calligraphy and paintings, and the total cost is 4 yuan."

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